#nonaturaldisasters — Public Fediverse posts

Risk Society events:
 
1. Webinar
"Risk jargon"
Thursday 22 October, 15:00-16:00 Central European Time
https://www.risk-society.com/risk-jargon-compound-complex-and-confusing-2
 
2. Workshop
"Improving Risk Vocabulary"
Friday 13 November, 13:00-17:00 Central European Time
https://www.risk-society.com/lost-for-words-improving-risk-vocabulary
 
#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so we avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disasters #risk #RiskSociety #RiskManagement #RiskReduction #RiskAnalysis

Disasters Avoided Newsletter 15: Good Data
https://mailchi.mp/0e535a548342/the-disasters-avoided-newsletter
 
#DisastersAvoided #DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters

"The Arctic Institute's 2026 Polar Disaster Risk Reduction and Response Series: A Conclusion"
https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/the-arctic-institutes-2026-polar-disaster-risk-reduction-response-series-a-conclusion
 
#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so we avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #Arctic #PolarRisk #PolarDRR #Antarctica #Antarctic #polar #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters

"Where is the safest place on Earth?"
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/agPjprZh3js
From DW (Deutsche Welle, news and current affairs)
 
#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so we avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disasters

"All disasters are compound, cascading, complex, #Natech, and hybrid"
https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/all-disasters-are-compound-cascading-complex-natech-and-hybrid
 
Part of a series of considering improvements to #risk and #disaster vocabulary and communication:
1. https://www.risk-society.com/risk-jargon-compound-complex-and-confusing
2. https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/nature-angry-us
3. https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/can-risk-be-managed-without-measuring-it-0
 
#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so we avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disasters

Disasters Avoided Newsletter 14: Good Governance
https://mailchi.mp/ff2948107282/the-disasters-avoided-newsletter

#DisastersAvoided #DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters #Governance #GoodGovernance #BadGovernance

#NoNaturalDisasters [UN]
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#Resilience #ClimateAction #Governance #risk #hazard #riskassessment #naturalhazard #disaster #humanimpacts #engineeringgeology #NoNaturalDisasters #natural #nature #earthquake #storm #flood #flooding #tsunami #volcano #desertification #wildfire #fires #publicsafety #planning #policy #preparedness #ISO31000 #monitoring #buildingcodes #engineering #landuse #earlywarning #humanmaderisk #exposure #vulnerability #socioeconomic #ecosystems #habitat #livelihoods #farming #infrastructure #buildings #structures #industrial #cost #recovery #economics #homes #extremeweather #hurricane #tornado #resilience #sustainability #poverty #assessment #UNDRR #UN #riskreduction
@United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

Disasters Avoided Newsletter 11: Communications and Engagement
https://mailchi.mp/cd335e827549/the-disasters-avoided-newsletter
 
Urban 2.0 Newsletter 8: Ideas to Make Cities & Towns Better
https://mailchi.mp/344d00f2862f/the-urban-2-zero-newsletter-14197204
 
#DisastersAvoided #DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters #UrbanResilience

Disasters Avoided Newsletter 10: disasters and the climate
https://mailchi.mp/9ac4eaca5c4c/the-disasters-avoided-newsletter
 
#DisastersAvoided #DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

"Psychosocial Impacts of Belgium’s 2021 Floods"
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disaster-by-choice/202508/psychosocial-impacts-of-belgiums-2021-floods
 
#DisasterPsychology #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #FloodRiskReduction #FloodRiskManagement #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters #Flood #Floods #Flooding #Belgium #Vesdre #VesdreValley #Meuse #RiverMeuse #Liège #Liege

Disasters Avoided Newsletter #9 - July 2025
Focus on disaster #finance and #insurance
https://mailchi.mp/9d23586aafdb/the-disasters-avoided-newsletter
 
#DisastersAvoided
#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so we avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters

Two new blogs:
1. "#Disasters that never happened: 6 preventive actions" https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/disasters-never-happened-6-preventive-actions
2. "Mental Health #FirstAid for #Bangladesh"
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disaster-by-choice/202504/mental-health-first-aid-in-bangladesh-10-years-of-progress
 
#DisastersAvoided #DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so we avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #Health #MentalHealth #MHFA #MentalHealthAwareness #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth #vulnerability #resilience

Disasters Avoided Newsletter #7
Focus on Non-Governmental Organisations (#NGOs) and Civil Society Organisations (#CSOs)
https://mailchi.mp/9e31722a66e3/the-disasters-avoided-newsletter-14190206
 
#DisastersAvoided
 
#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so we avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters

New paper:
"COVID-19 impacts on emergency responder resilience in Bergen and London"
https://doi.org/10.1111/disa.12683
 
#coronavirus #covid19 #covid2019 #covid #covid_19 #covidー19 #covid19outbreak #Covid19pandemic
#disaster #disasters #DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters #NaturalDisasters #NaturalDisaster #Health #GlobalHealth #PlanetaryHealth #epidemic #pandemic #disease #outbreak

A special issue of the International Journal of Disaster Risk Science has just been published on "The Sendai Framework Celebrates Its 10th Birthday" https://link.springer.com/journal/13753/volumes-and-issues/16-1 with the video from Tuesday's launch event at https://www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-reduction/events/2025/mar/rdr-monthly-event-gender-disaster-and-sendai-framework-decade-progress
 
#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so we avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters

Gender, Disaster, and the Sendai Framework: A Decade of Progress?
18 March 2025, 1830-2100.
At University College London, UK, in-person only, recorded for YouTube.
Programme and registration https://www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-reduction/events/2025/mar/gender-disaster-and-sendai-framework-decade-progress
 
#GenderDisaster #DisasterGender #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #DisasterPrevention

Disasters Avoided Newsletter #5
https://mailchi.mp/8973b1f121fe/the-disasters-avoided-newsletter-14186981
Focus on the #UNDRR Global Assessment Report (GAR) Special Report 2024 and #NoNaturalDisasters
 
#DisastersAvoided
#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement

Words into Action guidelines: The Science–Policy–Society ecosystem for disaster risk reduction
"This version is for public review until 6 November 2024 and has the purpose to ensure aspects that are important to consider have not been overlooked."
Download the document and provide feedback at https://www.undrr.org/publication/words-action-guidelines-science-policy-society-ecosystem-disaster-risk-reduction

#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction

"Using #EarthObservations to avoid disasters"
https://www.preventionweb.net/media/100107/download?startDownload=20240907

#DisastersAvoided

#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so we avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters

The 4th #DisastersAvoided newsletter https://mailchi.mp/b3109940a3d3/the-disasters-avoided-newsletter-13969498 focuses on #FloodRisk #FloodRiskManagement #Flooding #Floods #FloodManagement with several new flood-related case studies added to our Disasters Avoided website https://disastersavoided.com
 
#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters

"Choosing or avoiding disaster"
https://doi.org/10.1080/00167487.2024.2307222
 
#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters

"Coffee & #Geography" with Kit Marie Rackley https://soundcloud.com/geogramblings/coffee-geography-403/s-kxuRyzul62r?si=f5d7880aa70e413d907fe278fca66104 talking about #disasters #DRR #dogs and more.

#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so we avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction

"Disasters Avoided" newsletter #2.
Focus on wildfires.
https://mailchi.mp/51cb98593c47/the-disasters-avoided-newsletter
 
#DisastersAvoided #wildfires #bushfires #forestfires #grassfires #veldtfires
#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters

"Categorising potential non-disasters"
https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-07-2023-0156

#DisastersAvoided

#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so we avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters

"We rarely hear about the disasters that were avoided - but there's a lot we can learn from them"
https://theconversation.com/we-rarely-hear-about-the-disasters-that-were-avoided-but-theres-a-lot-we-can-learn-from-them-217850
 
#DisastersAvoided #DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so we avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters

We can and should avoid disasters:
-Website https://disastersavoided.com
-Newsletter https://mailchi.mp/08b97b07425a/the-disasters-avoided-newsletter-edition-1

#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #SendaiFramework #DRRTwitter #ClimateTwitter #EMGTwitter #DisasterTwitter

The new edition of "Environmental Hazards" is now available in hardback and paperback https://www.routledge.com/Environmental-Hazards-Assessing-Risk-and-Reducing-Disaster/Smith-Fearnley-Dixon-Bird-Kelman/p/book/9780815365419
 
Remembering Keith Smith with thanks to Carina Fearnley for leading us in continuing this amazing book. Now we await the 8th edition!
 
#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (
avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters #EnvironmentalHazards

Two recent articles with Gareth Byatt:
 
"Avoiding Disaster".
In Enterprise Risk magazine from the Institute of Risk Management.
https://irp.cdn-website.com/8bbcaf75/files/uploaded/Enterprise-Risk-Autumn-2023-Avoding-a-disaster.pdf
 
"Dodge the disaster"
In Crisis Response Journal.
https://irp.cdn-website.com/8bbcaf75/files/uploaded/Crisis%20Response%20Journal%20Summer%202023%2018-2%20-%20Avoiding%20Disasters.pdf
 
#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so we avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters